Declan Meehan
15 results

Rich harvest can be reaped from hurt of minor All-Ireland defeat
- Gaelic Football
- September 13, 2019, 06:00
In the autumn of 1997, Dara Ó Cinnéide got a letter from a friend from Co Louth who he had studied alongside at the University of Limerick (UL). It wa(...)

Rise of the gaming machines: A losing battle against gambling
- Irish News
- March 19, 2019, 01:20
Thousands of Irish race-goers made their way to Cheltenham last week for four days of gambling in the Gloucestershire countryside, contributing to the(...)

Pirate radio closedown 30 years ago ended buccaneering chapter
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 31, 2018
On this day 30 years ago, Ireland’s pirate radio stations bestowed an abrupt if reluctant silence on a grieving listenership nationwide. It was eithe(...)

A transistor disguised in a biscuit tin so that it could be quickly hidden in the event of a raid by post office officials is just one of the many ite(...)

Ciarán Murphy: Magical Féile memories can last a lifetime
- Gaelic Games
- April 25, 2018, 21:00
My parents are hoarders. Not on an industrial scale, not in a way that would interest TV producers, but they like to hold onto things. My brother en(...)

Ulster arm wrestle goes to a replay after Clones stalemate
- Gaelic Football
- November 12, 2017, 17:10
Cavan Gaels (Cavan) 0-12 Derrygonnelly (Fermanagh) 0-12 (aet) Icy cold, a few cards, no goals and dour as it gets–- as stereotypical Ulster Club Cham(...)

Galway come out from the shadows to face Roscommon
- Gaelic Football
- July 9, 2016, 08:00
No matter what happens in Pearse Stadium on Sunday, Galway football is beginning to move from the shadows. The county has had gaps before: it failed (...)

Why young voters mobilised for same sex marriage
- Politics
- May 23, 2015, 13:05
On a bleak November afternoon, hundreds of students lined up to fill in voter registration forms at a stand in University College Cork (UCC). They smi(...)

Coláiste Eoin: some parents objected to bullying workshop
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2015, 15:47
A “number of parents” of students at the Dublin secondary school which this week halted a workshop to combat homophobic bullying had objected because (...)

School denies cancelling anti-homophobia workshops
- Social Affairs
- January 28, 2015, 11:03
A Dublin school has denied cancelling workshops for students aimed at combating homophobic bullying.In a statement issued on Wednesday, Coláiste Eoin,(...)